What's a Jack London Effect?
2024-07-15
The prominent American writer was also interested in economic issues and the development of the North. Jack London proposed an idea that contradicted popular beliefs at the time. In many practical cases his hypothesis has come true.
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About the Strategy for the Development Beyond the Arctic Circle
2024-07-13
Murmansk officials continue the strategy In the North—to Live!—a short slogan that even became a basis for merchandise...
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Breaking the Norm of Exceptionalism
2024-07-11
A quite common opinion is that the Arctic region should be limited only to the eight Arctic States. However, this tendency changes with an ongoing Russian effort as the country leads easternisation in the region.
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The Italian Navy's 8th High North Mission
2024-07-11
On July 15th, 2024, the Alliance will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on its eighth High North campaign in the Arctic Ocean.
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A Tale of Two Passages
2024-07-09
For hundreds of years, sailors and explorers from all over Europe have been looking for the Northwest and Northeast passages, in order to find an alternative route to the Orient...
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'Primakov Triangle': New Potential in the North
2024-07-08
When Evgeny Primakov expressed the idea of a triangle Moscow-New Delhi-Beijing in 1998, it was met with a backlash and even some mockery. The Russian press didn't approve of the idea of RIC cooperation as it posed 'too many challenges...'
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Canada Is Nearly Ready to Build New Heavy Icebreakers For the Arctic
2024-07-02
Canadian shipbuilding company Seaspan Shipyards, based in Vancouver, will begin construction of a new heavy icebreaker by the end of 2024...
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Finnish Government Tolerates Far-Right Violence
2024-07-01
It is a long time since racially motivated crimes have been on the rise in Finland. Professor of cultural studies at the University of Eastern Finland Tuija Saresma says that the Finnish government is partly responsible for the violence committed by the extreme right.
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